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Japan puts central bank digital currencies on policy roadmap

By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Daniel Leussink

Jul 20 2020 6:23AM

As coronavirus heightens demand for cashless payments.

Japan puts central bank digital currencies on policy roadmap

Japan will look closer into whether to issue central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), the government said in its annual policy roadmap, a sign that Tokyo may be warming to the idea as the coronavirus heightens demand for cashless payments. In its first-ever reference to digital currency in the ...

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